involve
Use Involve in a sentence
verb (used with object), in·volved, in·volv·ing.
1.
to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.
2.
to engage or employ.
3.
to affect, as something within the scope of operation.
4.
to include, contain, or comprehend within itself or its scope.
5.
to bring into an intricate or complicated form or condition.
6.
to bring into difficulties (usually followed by with ): a plot to involve one nation in a war with another.
7.
to cause to be troublesomely associated or concerned, as in something embarrassing or unfavorable: Don't involve me in your quarrel!
8.
to combine inextricably (usually followed by with ).
9.
to implicate, as in guilt or crime, or in any matter or affair.
10.
to engage the interests or emotions or commitment of: to become involved in the disarmament movement; to become involved with another woman.
11.
to preoccupy or absorb fully (usually used passively or reflexively): You are much too involved with the problem to see it clearly.
12.
to envelop or enfold, as if with a wrapping.
13.
to swallow up, engulf, or overwhelm.
14.
a.
Archaic. to roll, surround, or shroud, as in a wrapping.
b.
to roll up on itself; wind spirally; coil; wreathe.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English involven < Latin involvere to roll in or up, equivalent to in- in-2 + volvere to roll; see revolve
1350–1400; Middle English involven < Latin involvere to roll in or up, equivalent to in- in-2 + volvere to roll; see revolve
Related forms
in·volve·ment, noun
in·volv·er, noun
in·ter·in·volve, verb (used with object), in·ter·in·volved, in·ter·in·volv·ing.
non·in·volve·ment, noun
o·ver·in·volve, verb (used with object), o·ver·in·volved, o·ver·in·volv·ing.
pre·in·volve, verb (used with object), pre·in·volved, pre·in·volv·ing.
pre·in·volve·ment, noun
re·in·volve, verb (used with object), re·in·volved, re·in·volv·ing.
re·in·volve·ment, noun
Synonyms
1. necessitate, require, demand. 6, 7, 9. Involve, entangle, implicate imply getting a person connected or bound up with something from which it is difficult to extricate himself or herself. To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, especially of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: to involve someone in debt. To entangle (usually passive or reflexive) is to involve so deeply in a tangle as to confuse and make helpless: to entangle oneself in a mass of contradictory statements. To implicate is to connect a person with something discreditable or wrong: implicated in a plot.
1. necessitate, require, demand. 6, 7, 9. Involve, entangle, implicate imply getting a person connected or bound up with something from which it is difficult to extricate himself or herself. To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, especially of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: to involve someone in debt. To entangle (usually passive or reflexive) is to involve so deeply in a tangle as to confuse and make helpless: to entangle oneself in a mass of contradictory statements. To implicate is to connect a person with something discreditable or wrong: implicated in a plot.
Antonyms
7. extricate.
7. extricate.
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World English Dictionary
involve (ɪnˈvɒlv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to include or contain as a necessary part: the task involves hard work |
| 2. | to have an effect on; spread to: the investigation involved many innocent people |
| 3. | (often passive; |
| 4. | (often passive) to make complicated; tangle: the situation was further involved by her disappearance |
| 5. | rare, poetic often to wrap or surround |
| 6. | obsolete maths to raise to a specified power |
| [C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from | |
| in'volvement | |
| —n | |
| in'volver | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
involve
1382, from L. involvere "entangle, envelop," lit. "roll into," from in- "in" + volvere "to roll" (see vulva). Originally "envelop, surround," sense of "take in, include" first recorded 1605. Involved "complicated" is from 1643.
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